Native American Baby Names
Native American baby names carry the sound, history and meaning of the Native American naming tradition. Our collection holds 153 Native American names, 69 for boys and 56 for girls, each with its own meaning, origin notes, popularity and numerology. Browse the names below and follow any one for its full profile.
Whether you are drawn to Native American names for heritage, for their sound, or simply for a meaning that resonates, this page is a living list that grows as we research and add more. Names are shown with the most prominent first.
Native American names & meanings
AhuliA drum — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 6AkbalNight; darkness — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 9Akna(the mother goddess) — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 9AmadahyForest water — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 8AmaruA serpent; (Tupac Amaru) — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 9AmaruqA wolf — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 8AnacaonaThe golden flower; (a queen) — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 5AnimikiiThunderbird — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 3AnpaytooRadiant; the red light of dawn — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 8AntuThe sun — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 11ArasyMorning; mother of the sky — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 1ArnaqA woman, a girl — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 6AshkiiA boy — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 3AtaneqA king — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 22AtauFortunate, lucky — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 7AtkaA guardian spirit; a king — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 6AtohiWoods, forest — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 8AtsaAn eagle — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 5AtsilaFire — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulNative American · Numerology 8AyelenJoy; a clear smile — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 8Bacab(a sky-bearing god) — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 9BalamA jaguar — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 11BohioA home, a dwelling — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 4Caupolican(a great chief) — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 5CetanA hawk — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 7Chaac(the god of rain) — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 7ChanThe sky; small — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 8ChapaA beaver; industrious — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 2Cheveyo(a spirit warrior) — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 11ChoovioAn antelope — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 6ChosoviBluebird — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 1CitlalminaThe shooter of stars — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 4CoatlA serpent — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 6CoszcatlA jewel — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 9CualliGood, of good character — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 22CuauhtemocDescending eagle — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 11DegatagaStanding together — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 1DonajiA great soul; (a princess) — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 8EquaGreat, big — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 8GalilaniFriendly, attractive — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 11GolaWinter — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 8Guarocuya(a Taino chief) — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 4HanskaTall — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 9HatueyBrave; (a Taino chief) — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 8HehakaAn elk — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 7HiawathaHe who makes rivers — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 8HonoviStrong deer — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 11HosteenA man; a respected elder — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 5HuitzilinA hummingbird — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 11IllapaThunder and lightning — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 6InolaBlack fox — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 6InukA person, a human being — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 1IssiA deer — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 2ItaA flower — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 3ItotiaDance — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 11Itzamna(the creator god) — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 3ItzcoatlObsidian serpent; (an emperor) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulNative American · Numerology 7IxchelLady rainbow; (the moon goddess) — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 7JasyThe moon — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 1KallikLightning — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 2KateriPure; (Catherine) — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 1KeleA sparrow hawk — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 6KillariMoonlight, the light of the moon — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 9KinThe sun; a day — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 7KuarahyThe sun — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 4Kukulkan(the feathered serpent god) — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 3KunturThe condor — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 6LautaroSwift hawk; (the warrior chief) — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 7LemuThe forest, the woods — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 6LicanA flint stone, quartz — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 3MakaThe earth — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 8MakwaA bear — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 4MallkuA condor; a chief, a leader — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 7MayuA river — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 6MazatlDeer — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 1MetztliThe moon — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 33MigiziAn eagle — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 1MillarayGolden flower — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 1NajakA younger sister — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 1NamuncuraFoot of stone; (a great chief) — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 7NantanA chief, a spokesperson — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 1NanukA polar bear — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 7NashobaA wolf — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 6NayeliI love you — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 3NecalliBattle — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulNative American · Numerology 11NicteA flower — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 6NitaA bear — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 8NiyolThe wind — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 3NodinThe wind — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 11NokomisGrandmother; (the moon's mother) — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 33NukaA younger sibling — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 11NunaThe land, the earth — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 5OhanzeeShadow, shade — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulNative American · Numerology 11OllinMovement — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 8OnatahDaughter of the earth; (the corn spirit) — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 5OnawaWide awake — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 9PachaThe earth, the world, time and space — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 2PanambiButterfly — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 11PanikA daughter — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 6PavatiClear water — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 6Pavia(Paul) — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 22PhaxsiThe moon — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 5PipalukThe dear little one — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 5PireSnow — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 3QajaqA kayak — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 1QuanahFragrant; a flower — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 8QuidelA flaming torch, a firebrand — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulNative American · Numerology 5QuyllurA star — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 9RayenA flower — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 9SacagaweaBird woman — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 7Sedna(the goddess of the sea) — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 7SihuA flower — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 3SikuIce, sea ice — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 6SkennenPeace — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 1SulukA feather — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 3SumaqBeautiful, good — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 8TalasiCorn-tassel flower — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 8TatankaBuffalo, bull — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 5TenochStone cactus fruit; (the founder of Tenochtitlan) — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 11TepiltzinThe noble, privileged son — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 5TikaA flower — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 5TiponiA sacred object; a child of importance — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 11Tlaloc(the god of rain) — rooted yet ready to travelNative American · Numerology 9TochoMountain lion — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 7TokalaA fox — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 6TonalliThe warmth of the sun; a soul — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 11Tonatiuh(the sun god) — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 9TsulaFox — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 1TulugaqA raven — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 9Tupa(the supreme god); thunder — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 4TushkaA warrior — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 8UnegaWhite, pure — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 3UrpiA dove — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 1WabanThe east wind; dawn — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 5WachiwiA dancer — warm, characterful and easy to wearNative American · Numerology 4WamanA hawk, a falcon — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 7WanikiyaA saviour — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 3WaraA star — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 7WenonaFirst-born daughter — a classic with a fresh edgeNative American · Numerology 9WichahpiStar — distinctive without trying too hardNative American · Numerology 5WiyakaA feather — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulNative American · Numerology 7WohaliAn eagle — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 5Xilonen(the goddess of young maize) — a name with quiet staying powerNative American · Numerology 3XitlaliA star; the starry sky — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 33XochiquetzalPrecious flower feather; (the goddess of beauty) — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 8YachayKnowledge, wisdom — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 9YakuWater — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulNative American · Numerology 4YanabaShe meets the enemy; brave — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulNative American · Numerology 8YaotlA warrior, a rival — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 1YaxkinNew sun; the first sun — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 3YupanquiThe honoured, esteemed one — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 7YvagaHeaven, the sky — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 2YvotyFlower — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 8
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Frequently Asked Questions
+What are some popular Native American baby names?
Well-known Native American names in our collection include Ahuli, Akbal, Akna, Amadahy, Amaru. Each name links to a full profile with its meaning, origin, popularity and numerology.
+How many Native American names are listed here?
We currently list 153 Native American names — 69 for boys and 56 for girls, and the collection grows regularly as we research and add more.
+How do I choose a Native American name?
Start from the meaning you want for your child, then read the full profile for pronunciation, popularity and sibling-name ideas. You can also use our name, sibling and middle-name tools to refine your shortlist.